Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Interrogations

The Justice Department still hasn’t officially announced it, but The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon, based on anonymous sources, that Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to go ahead and open an investigation on those controversial CIA interrogations we’ve been talking about for weeks now. More…

Slamming a Prisoner’s Head Repeatedly Against a Wall Isn’t That Bad, Either

It’s called “walling” by the CIA.  As described in the International Committee of the Red Cross report obtained by Mark Danner, this technique involves placing a collar around the prisoner’s neck and using it to slam him repeatedly against a wall.

According to Steven Bradbury, however, “[a]lthough the walling technique More…